Years ago it may've been some sort of new tech demo version, but as a story or a puzzle or a world, value of this game with years dropped to negative.
Cannot find a single good aspect:
1) Puzzles: Of ~25 puzzles 24 are templated, easy and do not require brain. In a puzzle game.
Instead of creating something tricky and fresh, they just put chess pieces in a bunch of them and called it a day.
And as a bonus you will get 2 time wasters i.e. Puzzles which are unsolvable by design without triggers. Sole purpose of them is not to allow too fluent progress. (Cans puzzle require book hint which you can get only if you wander around and randomly hit book 3 times which is hours and hours (because there is no evidence that book content changes with new attempts), and castle picture puzzle - maybe not a big hinder, but just annoying to discover that you simply intended to retry it multiple times).
And even more annoying wasters like piano or maze which are not even puzzles.
Only single puzzle in all game is actually tricky, but still does not worth mention because it's not unique and better to play it separately (infection game).
2) Story: It's not creepy, but just clearly not healthy (reminds here and there hallucinations which people with damaged neurons get). Also, is not well put together - just random pieces thrown in you, mostly repulsive and unfinished.
3) Ambient/sounds: loud, specifically annoying noises all the game which cannot be skipped.
4) Interface: everything is slow, mouse control is unresponsive.
5) Visuals: a lot of unpleasant distortions, completely chaotic - and it's visible that not by intention, but because they called it a day on regular basis instead of making improvements.
This is modern point of view, i.e. For people who like to try discover old games randomly and who are not restricted by nostalgic memories; A lot of other games actually are good wine, like Sierra/Monkey Island quests - they still easily 8+/10.
While this specific game better be completely removed from new public attention and touched only by tech historians.
Cannot find a single good aspect:
1) Puzzles: Of ~25 puzzles 24 are templated, easy and do not require brain. In a puzzle game.
Instead of creating something tricky and fresh, they just put chess pieces in a bunch of them and called it a day.
And as a bonus you will get 2 time wasters i.e. Puzzles which are unsolvable by design without triggers. Sole purpose of them is not to allow too fluent progress. (Cans puzzle require book hint which you can get only if you wander around and randomly hit book 3 times which is hours and hours (because there is no evidence that book content changes with new attempts), and castle picture puzzle - maybe not a big hinder, but just annoying to discover that you simply intended to retry it multiple times).
And even more annoying wasters like piano or maze which are not even puzzles.
Only single puzzle in all game is actually tricky, but still does not worth mention because it's not unique and better to play it separately (infection game).
2) Story: It's not creepy, but just clearly not healthy (reminds here and there hallucinations which people with damaged neurons get). Also, is not well put together - just random pieces thrown in you, mostly repulsive and unfinished.
3) Ambient/sounds: loud, specifically annoying noises all the game which cannot be skipped.
4) Interface: everything is slow, mouse control is unresponsive.
5) Visuals: a lot of unpleasant distortions, completely chaotic - and it's visible that not by intention, but because they called it a day on regular basis instead of making improvements.
This is modern point of view, i.e. For people who like to try discover old games randomly and who are not restricted by nostalgic memories; A lot of other games actually are good wine, like Sierra/Monkey Island quests - they still easily 8+/10.
While this specific game better be completely removed from new public attention and touched only by tech historians.